About CD Nacional

Clube Desportivo Nacional, known as Nacional da Madeira, is a Portuguese football club from Funchal on the island of Madeira, founded on 8 December 1910. Playing in black and white, it is a multi-sports club and contests the Madeira derby with Marítimo. Since 1998 its home has been the Estádio da Madeira, high in the Choupana district above Funchal.

Nacional first reached the Primeira Liga in 1988 and returned in 2002 under José Peseiro. Its best league finishes were fourth places in 2003–04 and 2008–09, the first of which earned the club its European debut in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, where it lost to Sevilla in the first round. Over the following decade it played in Europe five times, famously knocking out Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2009.

The club spent fifteen consecutive seasons in the top flight from 2002 to 2017 and has since moved between the first and second divisions of Portuguese football.